The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
Final Wind-up of the Auction Sale o.
Real Estate Thursday.
Considerably Over Quarter of a Mil.
lion Changes Hands,
With Private Transactions Too Nu-
merous to be Kept Track Of.
No Abatement ofSaIss Noticeable in
Business Circles TO-Day.
A Resume of All the More important
Transfers by Auction.
Most of the Excursionists Return to
Their Homes Last Night,
Expressing Great Admiration for EN-
pOria and Her People.

eAoSI4OAA oeA4Oo OOA0OCSC0 ny SOls Sl1Ik
in behalf of the Kansas City and EN-
poria Land and Improvement company
took place, and in nearly all cases the
property was purchased by our visitors.
thus showing that our many advan-
tages have only to be seen to be appre-
ciated.
Emporia has much cause for con-
graduation. Not that considerable OF
our real estate has been disposed of to
outsiders and thus puts into circulation
a large amount of ready cash, but be-
cause every purchaser of Emporia prop.
erty has to q certain extent become
identified with our future, and, OF
course, will only have good words to
use when speaking of our city. Be-
sides this, we have made many
warm friends and admirers among
those who visited us and did not invest
dollars worth. This latter fact is
sufficient reimbursement in itself for
all the trouble and expense incurred.
Again, we have brought our city be-
fore the public in such an adyan-
tageous manner as could have been
done in no other possible way. The
advertising our city has had in the way
Of complimentary notices in the col
umns of the press of the entire coun-
try is worth thousands of dollars to
the city.
THE NEWS has claimed and preach
ed, in time and out of time, that En-
poria and her surroundings and ma
tural advantages and assured improve
ments had only to be to be seen appre;
ciated. This assertion has been
proven beyond peradventure by the
action of these excnrsionists during
their stay here.
Below we give the auction sales as
furnished us by Mr.. Harry Clark, Sec
rotary Of the company:
Major Hood of Emporia, six lots,
2,675.
Il. C. Cross of Emporia, six lots,
IS, IT'S.
Mrs: Sherwood of Kansas City, two
lots, $3.50.
Wilson Smith of Emporia, one lot,
$500.
Geo. Lynn of Kansas City, one lot,
1875.
E. C. Fuller of Emporia, two lots,
81 $50
l.. NJ. Carter of Emporia, one lot,
$3.50.
Captain Taylor of Hartford, three
lots, 81, $50.
G. A. Targuis of Kansas City, two
John Masterson of Emporia, three
lots, S2,l75.
D. S. Haynes of Kansas City, one
lot, $3.50.
W. D. Brewer of Emporia, two lots,
81 ,25O.
David Taylor of Emporia, two lots,
". J. Jones of Emporia, one lot,
J. A. Arnold of Kansas City, one lot,
J. C. Jones of Emporia, two lots,
$500.
Ed. Beecher of Emporia, one lot,
S275.
Mrs. M. E. Dunn of Kansas City, one
lot, $198.5O.
North Inf of 90 and hf of 95 Mer-
chants street, b. b. Cowling, Kansas
City, 81, 600.
Lot 15s Commercial street. w. H.
Puffer. SIS, 675.
chants street, G.. Hood, SIS, 600.
Lots 40 and AZ Merchants street, J.
a. Frost. So $50.
Lot A Commercial street, Stacey B.
Rankin, 81, 300.
Lot 80 Commercial street, R. B. Cow
ling, 50, $3.50.
Lot 80 Commercial street, N. E.
Weaver, 81, $50.
Lot 26 Hinshaw's addition 25x1SO,
M. w. Hillaker $177.5O.
Lot 25 Hinshaw's addition 25x130
M. w. Hillaker, S14S.
Lot "a .Hinshaw's addition 25x130.
M. r. Sherwood, S14S.
Lot 81 Hinshaw's addition 25x130, W.
II. Strife, S14S.
Lot % Hinshaw'S addition 25x13O, J
H. Kora, S14S.
Lot % Hinshaw's addition 25x130, J.
G. Stevenson, S148.
Lot 20 Hinshaw's addition 25x13O
Mrs. Dunn, 1925.
Ten acres in Woodland Park, j. A
Frost, So 600.
Ten acres south of college, S. B
Rankin, SIC, 600; resold by Mr.. Rankin
at an advance to Kansas City parties
Ten acres in Woodland Park, north
of other purchase, j. A. Frost, SO, 900.
Five acres on Twelfth avenue west Of
WOodlond Park, J. NJ. Steele. 81 300.
Five acres on College avenue in Wood
land park addition, to j. II. Koon, fo
81, $3.50. Mr.. Koon was offered al
advance before getting of of thu
ground.
Five acres on south side of CoIleg
avenue, Woodland park addition, to r
B Rankin, 81 500.
Lot q East street, 50x170, to J. A
Frost, $3.50.
The Kansas City and Emporia Lane
and Improvement company will opel
an Office in this city just as soon a
suitable quarters can be obtained
which they are now negotiating for
The officers of this company expires
themselves as more than satisfied viii
the sales already made and informed
NEWS man that the remainder woul,
be on sale at the Office of the compan
just as soon as opened. in few days
They also expect to invest themselve
to much larger extent, and continu
to buy and sell.
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